Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Backstory-Nov14

My marriage had been in trouble for a few years now for a number of reasons and with both parties to blame. But what happens when you wake up one morning and realize this isn't your life; that you are not the person you wanted to be and this is not the life you were meant to lead? That is how I felt. I literally could not breath and felt if I did not do something about the situation that I would physically expire. It was inconcievable to me to think of leaving but it became more and more impossible to stay.
My life wasn't even a compromise anymore. It felt like a complete surrender where I had lost myself, where I felt empty-merely going through the motions of daily life and barely getting through the day doing that. So how do you leave a man you are about to celebrate 10 years of marriage with and your three kids?
I asked for a trial seperation with the hope of being able to work on our marriage and fix what was broken. He refused to move out, so I left. Here I am jobless, living with a friend and her extended family. What to do?

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